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Contents iii

Contents

Proprietary Notice and Liability Disclaimer

Using This Guide

Text Conventions...............................................................................................................viii

Related Documents ..............................................................................................................ix

Safety Notices ....................................................................................................................... x

Safety Notices for Users Outside of the U.S.A. and Canada.......................................... xi

Care and Handling...............................................................................................................xii

System Overview

Overview............................................................................................................................1-2

System Chassis...................................................................................................................1-4

Power Supplies...................................................................................................................1-5

Peripheral Bays ..................................................................................................................1-5

SAF-TE Logic....................................................................................................................1-6

System Board Features.......................................................................................................1-7

Pentium III Processor....................................................................................................1-8

System Memory............................................................................................................1-8

I/O Expansion Slots ......................................................................................................1-8

Real-Time Clock/Calendar ...........................................................................................1-9

BIOS .............................................................................................................................1-9

IDE Controller ..............................................................................................................1-9

Keyboard and Mouse Controller.................................................................................1-10

Network Controller.....................................................................................................1-10

SCSI Controller...........................................................................................................1-10

Video Controller .........................................................................................................1-10

Peripheral Controller...................................................................................................1-11

Serial Ports..........................................................................................................1-11

Parallel Port.........................................................................................................1-11

External Device Connectors........................................................................................1-11

System Board Management Controller (BMC) ..........................................................1-11

ACPI ...........................................................................................................................1-12

AC Link Mode .................................................................................................................1-13

Remote Power-On (Wake ON LAN) Function................................................................1-13

System Security................................................................................................................1-13

Security with Mechanical Locks and Monitoring.......................................................1-13

Software Locks via the System Setup Utility .............................................................1-14

Setting Up the System

Overview............................................................................................................................2-2

Selecting a Site...................................................................................................................2-2

Unpacking the System........................................................................................................2-3

Rack-Mount Subsystem Assembly ....................................................................................2-4

Before You Begin.........................................................................................................2-4

Static Precautions..........................................................................................................2-4

Assembly.......................................................................................................................2-5

Preparing the Slide Rail Assemblies.....................................................................2-6

Attaching the Center Slide Bar to the Server........................................................2-8

Installing the Slide Rail Assemblies into the Rack Cabinet..................................2-9

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Mounting the Server in the Rack Cabinet............................................................2-13

Attaching the Cable Retention Arm to the Server...............................................2-14

Getting Familiar with the System.....................................................................................2-16

Front View with Front Bezel Closed...........................................................................2-16

Opening the Front Bezel..............................................................................................2-17

Front View...................................................................................................................2-18

Rear View....................................................................................................................2-20

Status LED Indicator Descriptions..............................................................................2-21

Making Connections.........................................................................................................2-23

Connecting the Power Cord..............................................................................................2-25

Powering On Your System...............................................................................................2-25

Configuring Your System

Configuring Your System...................................................................................................3-2

BIOS Setup Utility..............................................................................................................3-3

Using the BIOS Setup Utility........................................................................................3-3

BIOS Setup Configuration Settings...............................................................................3-4

Main Menu....................................................................................................................3-5

Advanced Menu ............................................................................................................3-6

Advanced Submenu...............................................................................................3-7

Memory Reconfiguration Submenu ......................................................................3-7

CPU Reconfiguration Submenu ............................................................................3-8

Peripheral Configuration Submenu.......................................................................3-8

Monitoring Configuration Submenu......................................................................3-9

PCI Device Submenu.............................................................................................3-9

Option ROM Submenu........................................................................................3-10

Numlock Submenu..............................................................................................3-10

Security Menu .............................................................................................................3-11

System Hardware Menu..............................................................................................3-12

Thermal Sensor Submenu....................................................................................3-12

Wake On Events Submenu..................................................................................3-12

Console Redirection Submenu ............................................................................3-13

Boot Menu...................................................................................................................3-13

Boot Device Priority Menu..................................................................................3-13

Exit Menu....................................................................................................................3-14

Exit Menu............................................................................................................3-14

Adaptec SCSI Utility........................................................................................................3-15

Running the SCSI Utility ............................................................................................3-15

Adaptec SCSI Utility Configuration Settings..............................................................3-16

Exiting Adaptec SCSI Utility......................................................................................3-17

Configuring the RAID Controller ....................................................................................3-18

Configuring System Board Jumpers.................................................................................3-19

Before You Begin........................................................................................................3-19

Moving System Board Jumpers ..................................................................................3-20

Clearing and Changing the Passwords........................................................................3-21

Clearing CMOS...........................................................................................................3-21

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Upgrading Your System

General Information...........................................................................................................4-2

Static Precautions...............................................................................................................4-2

Preparing Your System for Upgrade..................................................................................4-3

Equipment Log...................................................................................................................4-3

Front Bezel.........................................................................................................................4-4

Removing the Front Bezel ............................................................................................4-4

Replacing the Front Bezel.............................................................................................4-5

Top Cover...........................................................................................................................4-6

Removing the Top Cover..............................................................................................4-6

Replacing the Top Cover..............................................................................................4-7

Modifying the System Board.............................................................................................4-8

Replacing the Real-time Clock Battery.........................................................................4-8

Removing and Installing a Pentium III Processor.......................................................4-10

DIMMs........................................................................................................................4-19

Option Boards ..................................................................................................................4-22

Recommended PCI Option Board Locations..............................................................4-22

Installing a PCI Option Board.....................................................................................4-23

Removing a PCI Option Board...................................................................................4-27

Hard Disk Drives..............................................................................................................4-28

SCSI ID Assignment...................................................................................................4-28

Installing or Swapping a Hard Disk Drive in a Hot-swap Bay...................................4-29

Installing or Swapping a Hard Disk Drive..................................................................4-30

Power Supply...................................................................................................................4-32

Installing the Optional Power Supply.........................................................................4-32

Replacing a Power Supply..........................................................................................4-33

Removable Media Devices...............................................................................................4-34

Removing the CD-ROM/Diskette Drives from the System........................................4-35

Problem Solving

Problem Solving.................................................................................................................5-2

Static Precautions...............................................................................................................5-2

Troubleshooting Checklists................................................................................................5-3

Initial System Startup....................................................................................................5-3

Running New Application Software.............................................................................5-4

After System Has Been Running Correctly..................................................................5-5

Diagnostic Testing..............................................................................................................5-6

Error Checking..............................................................................................................5-6

Troubleshooting Guide .................................................................................................5-6

Preparing the System for Diagnostic Testing........................................................5-6

Monitoring POST..................................................................................................5-7

Verifying Proper Operation of Key System Indicators.........................................5-8

Confirming Loading of the Operating System......................................................5-8

Specific Problems and Corrective Actions.........................................................................5-9

Power LED Does Not Light..........................................................................................5-9

Incorrect or No Beep Code .........................................................................................5-10

No Characters Appear on Screen................................................................................5-10

Characters are Distorted or Incorrect..........................................................................5-11

System Cooling Fans Do Not Rotate..........................................................................5-11

Diskette Drive Activity LED Does Not Light.............................................................5-11

CD-ROM Drive Activity Light Does Not Light.........................................................5-11

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Problems with Application Software...........................................................................5-12

Bootable CD-ROM Is Not Detected............................................................................5-12

Problems with the Network..............................................................................................5-12

Plug and Play Installation Tips.........................................................................................5-13

BIOS User’s Information..................................................................................................5-13

POST Error Codes and Messages................................................................................5-14

How to Identify BIOS and BMC Revision Levels...........................................................5-18

BIOS Revision Level Identification............................................................................5-18

BMC Revision Level Identification............................................................................5-18

How to Identify System Event Log Data..........................................................................5-19

System Cabling

System Cabling..................................................................................................................A-2

Before You Begin..............................................................................................................A-2

Static Precautions ..............................................................................................................A-2

Standard Configuration......................................................................................................A-3

Optional Configuration......................................................................................................A-5

RAID Configuration..........................................................................................................A-7

Glossary

Equipment Log

Index

Using This Guide vii

Using This Guide

The E

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5800/120Rc-2 User’s Guide provides a quick reference to information about

your system. Its goal is to familiarize you with your system and the tasks necessary for

system configuring and upgrading.

This guide contains the following information:

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Chapter 1, “System Overview” provides an overview of your system and describes your

system’s major system components. See this chapter to familiarize yourself with your

system.

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Chapter 2, “Setting Up Your System” tells you how to select a site, unpack the system,

assemble the rack-mount subsystem, make cable connections, and power on your

system.

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Chapter 3, “Configuring Your System” tells you how to configure the system and

provides instructions for running the BIOS Setup Utility and the Adaptec Configuration

Utility, which is used to configure SCSI devices in your system. This chapter also

provides information on system board jumper settings.

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Chapter 4, “Upgrading Your System” provides you with instructions for upgrading your

system with an additional processor, optional memory, options cards, and peripheral

devices.

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Chapter 5, “Problem Solving” contains helpful information for solving problems that

might occur with your system.

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Appendix A, “System Cabling” includes cabling information for the two onboard SCSI

controllers, the onboard IDE controller, and the optional RAID controllers.

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“Glossary” defines the standard acronyms and technical terms used in this manual.

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“Equipment Log” provides you with a sample equipment log for documenting the

system configuration and future updates you may make to your system.

viii Using This Guide

Text Conventions

This guide uses the following text conventions.

Warnings, cautions, and notes have the following meanings:

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WARNING

Warnings alert you to situations that could result in serious personal injury or loss

of life.

!

CAUTION

Cautions indicate situations that can damage the system hardware or software.

Note

:

Notes give important information about the material being described.

!

Names of keyboard keys are printed as they appear on the keyboard. For example, Ctrl,

Alt, or Enter.

!

Text or keystrokes that you enter appear as boldface type. For example, type abc123 and

press ENTER.

!

File names are printed in uppercase letters. For example, AUTOEXEC.BAT.

Using This Guide ix

Related Documents

In addition to this guide, the following system documentation is included with your server

either as electronic files on E

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B

UILDER

or as paper copy shipped with your server.

!

System Release Notes

Release Notes provide you with the latest information about your system. This

information was not available to be included in your user's guide at the time it was

developed and released.

!

Getting Started Sheet

The Getting Started Sheet provides several easy-to-follow steps to become familiar with

your server documentation and to complete your installation successfully.

!

Network Operating System Configuration Guide

This guide contains supplemental instructions needed to install and configure your

server Windows NT 4.0 plus Service Pack 6, Novell NetWare v5.0, Santa Cruz

Operation (SCO) OpenServer Release 5.05, and UNIXWare 7.1 Network Operating

Systems. This document is intended to complement the more detailed procedural

documents available from the vendor of the network operating system.

x Using This Guide

Safety Notices

!

Caution: To reduce the risk of electric shock which could cause personal injury, follow

all safety notices. The symbols shown are used in your documentation and on your

equipment to indicate safety hazards.

!

Warning: Lithium batteries can be dangerous. Improper handling of lithium batteries

may result in an explosion. Dispose of lithium batteries as required by local ordinance or

as normal waste if no local ordinance exists.

!

Warning: The detachable power supply cord is intended to serve as the disconnect

device.

!

Warning: This equipment has a 3-wire, grounded power cord. To prevent electrical

hazards, do not remove or defeat the ground prong on the power cord. Replace the

power cord if it gets damaged. Contact your dealer for an exact replacement.

!

Warning: The DC push-button on/off switch on the front panel does not turn off the

system AC power. Also, +5vdc is present on the system board whenever the AC power

cord is connected between the system and an AC outlet. Before doing the procedures in

this manual, make sure that your system is powered off and unplug the AC power cord

from the back of the chassis. Failure to disconnect power before opening your system

can result in personal injury and equipment damage.

In the U.S.A. and Canada, the power cord must be a UL-listed detachable power cord (in

Canada, CSA-certified), type ST or SJT, 16 AWG, 3-conductor, provided with a molded-on

NEMA type 5-15 P plug cap at one end and a molded-on cord connector body at the other

end. The cord length must not exceed 9 feet (2.7 meters).

Outside the U.S.A. and Canada, the plug must be rated for 250 VAC, 10 amp minimum,

and must display an international agency approval marking. The cord must be suitable for

use in the end-user country. Consult your dealer or the local electrical authorities if you are

unsure of the type of power cord to use in your country. The voltage change occurs via a

switch in the power supply.

!

Warning: Under no circumstances should the user attempt to disassemble the power

supply. The power supply has no user-replaceable parts. Inside the power supply are

hazardous voltages that can cause serious personal injury. A defective power supply

must be returned to your dealer.

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Safety Notices for Users Outside of the U.S.A. and Canada

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PELV (Protected Extra-Low Voltage) Integrity: To ensure the extra-low voltage

integrity of the equipment, connect only equipment with mains-protected electrically-

compatible circuits to the external ports.

!

Remote Earths: To prevent electrical shock, connect all local (individual office)

computers and computer support equipment to the same electrical circuit of the building

wiring. If you are unsure, check the building wiring to avoid remote earth conditions.

!

Earth Bonding: For safe operation, only connect the equipment to a building supply

that is in accordance with current wiring regulations in your country. In the U.K., those

regulations are the IEE.

xii Using This Guide

Care and Handling

Use the following guidelines to properly handle and care for your system.

Protect the system from extremely low or high temperatures. Let

the system warm (or cool) to room temperature before using it.

Keep the system away from magnetic forces.

Keep the system dry. Do not wash the system with a wet cloth or

pour fluid into it.

Protect the system from being bumped or dropped.

Check the system for condensation. If condensation exists, allow it

to evaporate before powering on the system.

Keep the system away from dust, sand, and dirt.

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System Overview

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Overview

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System Chassis

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Power Supplies

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Peripheral Bays

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SAF-TE Logic

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System Board Features

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AC Link Mode

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Remote Power-On (Wake ON LAN) Function

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System Security

1-2

System Overview

Overview

Your server is a modular, multiprocessing server based on the Intel Pentium® III

microprocessor family. It is a solid performer and offers the latest technology. The

combination of compute performance, memory capacity, and integrated I/O provides a

high performance environment for many server market applications. These range from

large corporations supporting remote offices to small companies looking to obtain basic

connectivity capability such as file and print services, e -mail, web access, web site

server, etc.

Your server is housed and available as a rack-mount system. Your server conveniently

installs into a standard EIA 19-inch rack assembly. See Figure 1-1.

Figure 1-1. Rack-Mount System Front View

Your server includes a 3.5” diskette drive, a CD-ROM drive and five hot-swap SCSI

hard disk drive bays. The hot-swap SCSI hard disk drive bays support up to five 1.0-

inch SCSI hard disk drives that can be swapped in or out of the system without

powering it down, if RAID functionality is configured in the system.

Alternately, your server can be configured to include a 5.25” removable media device

bay. This configuration includes a 3.5” diskette drive, a CD-ROM drive, a 5.25”

removable media drive bay, and four hot-swap SCSI hard disk drive bays. The

removable media drive bay may be used for installation of a high-speed tape drive.

System Overview 1-3

As application requirements increase, you can expand your server with an additional

processor, additional memory, add-in boards and peripheral devices: tape devices,

CD-ROM, and hard disk drives.

Your server features the following major components:

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Single or dual high-performance Pentium III processors.

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64 MB to 4 GB of memory, using up to four DIMMs.

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Three 64-bit/33Mhz PCI expansion slots and one 32-bit/33Mhz PCI expansion

slot for add-in boards.

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Embedded PC-compatible support (serial, parallel, mouse, keyboard, diskette,

USB, LAN, and video).

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Integrated onboard ATI RAGE IIC Super Video Graphics Array (SVGA)

controller with 4 MB of video memory.

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Adaptec AIC7899 SCSI controller providing Wide Ultra2 and Ultra-160/M SCSI

interfaces.

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Integrated onboard Network Interface Controller (NIC), an Intel 82559 PCI LAN

controller for 10 or 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet networks with an RJ-45 Ethernet

connector.

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Single Channel enhanced IDE controller.

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A slim design CD-ROM drive and 3 ½-inch diskette drive installed in a single

bay.

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Integrated dual Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports.

!

Hardware monitors (temperature, fans, and voltage) and software monitors to

indicate failures.

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Redundant cooling fans.

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A 330-watt power supply; a second optional 330-watt hot-swap redundant power

supply is available for your server.

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Keylocked front cover, including an intrusion switch.

Hot-Swap SCSI Hard Drive Bays

!

Five hot-swap 1.0-inch SCSI hard disk drive bays accessible from the front of

the chassis can be swapped in or out of the system without powering it down if

RAID is configured in the system.

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High degree of SCSI disk fault tolerance and advanced disk array management

features through the use of RAID technology, if an optional RAID controller is

installed.

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SCSI controller, cables, backplane and devices are Ultra160/M ready.

1-4

System Overview

System Chassis

The server chassis (Figure 1-2) is an easy-to-expand, fabricated metal structure. The

major system components are shown in the following illustration.

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

A. CD-ROM Drive Removable Media Bay

B. 3.5” Diskette Drive

C. System Power Supply

D. System Power Supply Slot (Optional)

E. System Board

F. Memory

G. PCI I/O Riser Card

H. Pentium III Processor (2

nd

Processor is optional)

I. System Fans (4)

J. SCSI Hard Disk Drive Bays (5)

Figure 1-2. Server Chassis

System Overview 1-5

Power Supplies

The system contains one auto-sensing 330 watt power supply at an operating frequency

of 50/60 Hz. A second optional power supply may be added as part of a fault-tolerant

hot-swap design. With two power supplies installed, in the unlikely event of a power

supply failure, the load is transferred to the remaining power supply without

interruption to normal operation. In this case the faulty power supply can be replaced

without powering down the system.

Note

:

The power supplies are not hot swappable unless there

are two supplies installed.

The power supplies are designed to comply with existing emission standards and

provide sufficient power for a fully loaded system configuration.

Peripheral Bays

Your server supports a variety of standard PC AT-compatible peripheral devices. The

chassis includes these peripheral bays:

!

A 3.5-inch front panel bay for mounting the standard 3.5" diskette drive

(supports 720 KB and 1.44 MB diskette media)

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A standard CD-ROM drive bay

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An optional 5.25-inch removable media

front panel bay for mounting a half-

height 5.25-inch peripheral device such as an optional tape drives

!

Depending on your configuration, your server includes either four or five hot-

swap SCSI hard disk drive bays for mounting hard disk drives installed in easily

removable drive carriers.

Note:

The hot-swap SCSI hard disk drive bays contain a hot-

swap back plane that require an 80-pin single connector attachment

(SCA) connector on the drives that you install.

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System Overview

SAF-TE Logic

Note:

SAF-TE Logic is in systems that include the hot-swap

SCSI disk drive cage. SAF-TE Logic is not available in systems that

include the standard SCSI disk drive cage.

The SCSI backplane includes SAF-TE (SCSI Accessed Fault Tolerant Enclosure) logic

that provides an interface to the disk subsystem that supports status signals, hot

swapping drives, and enclosure monitoring.

The transport mechanism for the standardized alert detection and status reporting is the

SCSI bus. Disk drives, power supplies, cooling fans, and temperature are continually

monitored and the conditions then reported over the SCSI bus to the system. When used

with RAID management software the user can be alerted of impending or imminent

disk conditions requiring attention. This allows the user to react to conditions that could

normally go unnoticed until data loss.

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